Sewing is Good For You I've suspected for a while that sewing might be good for you. Now it's official. Sewing actually has health benefits. We know that it's important to make time to do things that matter to us and that make us happy. Doing something you enjoy makes you feel less stressed, which then makes you more productive in other areas of your life. I know myself that an hour spent sewing is usually an hour well spent. Sometimes ... Read the Post...
Free Patterns and Templates
Free Patterns and Templates on Tea and a Sewing Machine Over the last 18 months or so, I've written a number of tutorials and other posts that have involved a free digital download of some sort. These have included free patterns, templates and one or two other things. The slight problem with this is that they are all over the place! They are attached to specific posts, and if you can find the posts, you can access the thing to download. But ... Read the Post...
How to Make a Zippered Pouch With a Flat Bottom
How to Make a Zippered Pouch With a Flat Bottom I was recently sent some fabric from the people at Stitch Craft Create so that I could participate in their blog hop. The fabric was a selection of fat quarters from the new Tilda collections, Memory Lane and Cabbage Rose. When the fabric arrived, several potential projects jumped out at me, so I'm having a lovely time working my way through them! Project 1 was an easy fabric basket. You can ... Read the Post...
Rotary Cutter Or Scissors?
Rotary Cutter or Scissors: Which is Best? Until about a year ago, I'd always used scissors and pins. I'd never even considered that I had a choice between using a rotary cutter or scissors until I saw them on The Great British Sewing Bee. Cutting out always takes ages, so it's easy to see why on the Sewing Bee they would want to speed the process up a bit, and using a rotary cutter seems to do just that. The other thing with using a rotary ... Read the Post...
